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Haiku

Haiku. Poems that turn daily or well-known situations into brand new experiences. Structure. 17 syllables (5/7/5) Kigo – nature or seasonal word Satori – moment of enlightenment. Contemporary Examples. a lone, on the web, drops of sensitivity embrace an eyelash - Alexey V. Andeyev.

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Haiku

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  1. Haiku Poems that turn daily or well-known situations into brand new experiences

  2. Structure • 17 syllables (5/7/5) • Kigo – nature or seasonal word • Satori – moment of enlightenment

  3. Contemporary Examples

  4. alone, on the web, drops of sensitivityembrace an eyelash - Alexey V. Andeyev

  5. Silence-a strangledTelephone has forgottenThat it should ring - Michael R. Collings

  6. the morning paperharbinger of good and ill--I step over it - Dave McCroskey

  7. Examples that have been translated from Japanese and do not obey the “rules”

  8. Right at my feet – And when did you get here,snail? -Issa

  9. I kill an antAnd realize my three childrenhave been watching. -Shuson Kato

  10. Night, and the moon!My neighbor, playing on his flute –out of tune! - Kojo

  11. After killinga spider, how lonely I feelin the cold of night! - Masaoka Shiki

  12. For love and for hateI swat a fly and offer it To an ant. - Masaoka Shiki

  13. The summer river:although there is a bridge, my horsegoes through the water. - Masaoka Shiki

  14. Glass balls and glowing lights.Dead tree in living room.Killed to honor birth. - Ron Loeffler

  15. Anonymous Student Samples

  16. Hands speckled with cutsFlorist, cut my thorny roseMake it safe for touch

  17. Petals like the sunWhy name it a sunflowerThe sun is not brown

  18. Lemonade for saleA car in the horizonContinued driving

  19. The cold keeps us inforces us to be familyBut is that so sad?

  20. colored leaves do fall,and wash away the season,along with our past.

  21. Time for renewalthe flowers will grow alongwith our troubled hearts

  22. Read more about haiku on pages 640-643 in the old purple book.

  23. Complete the Creative Writing exercise at the bottom of page 643.

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